There are five major Taijiquan styles: Chen (陈式), Yang (楊式), Wu (吴式), Sun (孙式), and Wu (武式, a different Chinese character from the other Wu Style). The two most important styles are often considered to be the Chen Style and the Yang Style. The Chen Style was the original Taijiquan style that gave rise directly […]
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Taijiquan: An Introductory Oveview
February 2008
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Earlier this month I was invited to give an introductory overview presentation and a demonstration of Taijiquan at a high school in central NJ to help celebrate the Chinese New Year. Below is a slightly modified version of that presentation. Although much of the material in this article is already contained in earlier articles published […]
The Essence of Taijiquan Part 2: Perspective from Taiji Qigong
December 2007
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In the August 2007 release of this website, I wrote the first part of a two-part series on “The Essence of Taijiquan.” That Part 1 article described the “Perspective from Taiji Push Hands.” Part 2 in this release describes the “Perspective from Taiji Qigong.” This article will briefly address the following three questions: What is […]
Visualization as a Tool to Learning Taiji
October 2007
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In the last release of this website, I posted Part 1 of two articles on “The Essence of Taijiquan: Perspective from Taiji Push Hands,” and said that Part 2 “The Essence of Taijiquan: Perspective from Taiji Qigong” will be posted in this release. I decided that the Part 2 article will be posted in the […]
